Honorary Committee
Chair - Lorine Samuels - Chair, GSU Board of Trustees
- Dr. Sunil Chand - President, College of DuPage
- Joseph Christofanelli - Business Incentives Manager, Ernst & Young
- Frank Clark - President and CEO, Commonwealth Edison
- Dr. Vernon Crawley - President, Moraine Valley Community College
- Maggie Crotty - Illinois State Senator, 19th District
- Dr. Constantine W. Curris - President, American Association of State Colleges and Universities
- Richard M. Daley - Mayor City of Chicago
- George Dammer - President, South Suburban College
- Dr. Blondean Davis - Superintendent, Matteson School District
- Will Davis - Illinois State Representative, 30th District
- Lisa Dugan - Illinois State Representative, 79th District
- Kenneth Dunkin - Illinois State Representative, 5th District
- Richard J. Durbin - U. S. Senator
- Ann Errichetti - President, MD, MBA Chief Academic Officer, Advocate South Suburban Hospital
- Susan Gowen - President, Abby Foundation of the Southern Suburbs
- Dr. Patricia Granados - President, Triton College
- Debbie Halvorson - Illinois State Senator, 40th District
- Carrie Hightman - Chair, Illinois Board of Higher Education
- Manny Hoffman - Rich Township Trustees, Village of Richton Park
- Mattie Hunter - Illinois State Senator, 3rd District
- Jesse Jackson, Jr. - U. S. Congressman
- Diane Kaplan - President, Rasmuson Foundation
- Edward Maloney - Illinois State Senator, 18th District
- Lewis Manilow - Art Patron and Philanthropist
- Dr. Paul McCarthy - President, Prairie State College
- Kevin McCarthy - Illinois State Representative, 37th District
- Al McGowan - Mayor, University Park
- Gerald McIlvain - Chairman, GSU Alumni Board
- David Miller - Illinois State Representative, 29th District
- Janet Muchnik - President and Board of Directors, Tall Grass Arts Association
- Peter J. Murphy - Regional Chief Executive Officer, St. James Hospital and Health Centers
- Patrick Ormsby - President, Bimba Manufacturing
- Frank Perez - President, Southland Hispanic Leadership Council
- Dr. Eugenia Proulx - President, Joliet Junior College
- Christine Radogno - Illinois State Senator, 41st District
- Karen C. Reid - President, The Center for Performing Arts
- Al Riley - Illinois State Representative, 38th District
- William Sanders - Chairman, GSU Foundation Board
- George Scully- Illinois State Representative, 80th District
- Ronald Shropshire - President, Great Lakes Bank
- Todd Stroger - President, Cook County, Illinois
- Sylvia Tillman - President, Homewood-Flossmoor League of Woman Voters
- Arthur Valesquez - CEO, Azteca Foods
- Larry Walsh - Will County Executive
- Wayne D. Watson - Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago
- Jerry Weber - President, Kankakee Community College
